Muncie teen fatally shot after brother’s sentencing hearing
Police say the shooting death of a 17-year-old girl in Muncie may have stemmed from a family conflict involving a crime her brother committed.
Criminal Case
Articles
Delay in search of cellphones gets marijuana charges tossed
Prosecutors holding cellphones for months and then having to ask for a continuance so they could finally search the evidence raised the ire of the Indiana Court of Appeals, which subsequently tossed the charges against two defendants whose trials were delayed more than a year.
With Trump pardon, Arpaio again wiggles out of legal trouble
In his 24 years as metro Phoenix’s sheriff, Joe Arpaio survived scandals and dodged investigations that would easily have sunk the careers of many politicians.
Appeals court reaffirms man’s convictions for 2002 crime
Though a northern Indiana man convicted of multiple felonies 15 years ago was granted a new appeal by a federal judge, the Indiana Court of Appeals reaffirmed the man’s convictions on Friday, finding he failed to show he was prejudiced by his counsel’s actions.
Man sentenced in southwest Indiana crash that killed girl
A young man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a head-on collision that killed a 15-year-old girl in southwestern Indiana.
Sheriff: Video shows Ohio judge’s shooting outside courthouse
A sheriff says the man who shot a judge outside the courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio, had driven to a neighboring bank, walked quickly toward him from a parked car and fired, and the judge returned fire.
Judge orders Durham to pay $1.3M, sides with SEC in 6-year-old suit
A federal judge on Friday ordered convicted Ponzi schemer Tim Durham to pay $1.3 million after siding with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a six-year-old lawsuit alleging massive securities fraud.
Judge drops mental health requirements for Indiana woman
A judge in Goshen has modified his 130-year prison sentence for an Indiana woman accused of killing her children.
Muncie teen who killed mom’s abuser unlikely to face charges
A prosecutor says a 16-year-old Muncie boy likely won’t face charges after fatally stabbing a man who was abusing his mother.
Sheriff: Suspect recorded fatal shooting of wife in Indiana
Authorities in Lafayette say an Indiana man accused of killing his wife recorded audio of the shooting on a cellphone.
Update: Judge denies bond for suspect in deadly Virginia car ramming
A judge has denied bond for an Ohio man accused of plowing his car into a crowd at a white nationalist rally.
FBI sketch spurs 6,000 tips in slayings of 2 Delphi girls
Authorities say they’ve received more than 6,000 tips since police released a composite sketch of the suspected killer of two northern Indiana girls.
Lafayette police find man sought for questioning in 2 slayings
Northern Indiana police say they have located a man considered a person of interest in the fatal shootings of two people.
Indianapolis man arraigned in officer’s slaying
A man accused of fatally shooting an Indiana police officer who stopped to help him has been formally arraigned.
COA: No request for jury waived that right at misdemeanor trial
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a man’s conviction of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after finding that his failure to request a jury trial for his misdemeanor charge constituted a waiver of his right to a jury.
Sheriff’s lawyer tells jurors FBI invented bribery case
A lawyer for a northwestern Indiana sheriff on trial for federal bribery charges told jurors that the FBI tried to buy a crime where one didn’t exist.
Man charged over threats to blow up Indiana shopping center, schools
A 26-year-old man from Bakersfield, California, has been charged with making online threats to blow up two Indiana high schools and an Indianapolis-area shopping center.
7th Circuit partially vacates sex trafficking convictions
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated part of a man’s convictions for his involvement in a juvenile sex trafficking scheme, finding the statute under which he was convicted is unconstitutionally vague.
COA affirms admission of 911 recording into evidence
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed Tuesday a woman’s conviction of misdemeanor criminal recklessness for firing a gun during an argument after the court determined the admission of a 911 call recorded during the incident was not an abuse of discretion.
Suspect to be charged after 9 die in sweltering truck
A man will be charged in federal court Monday in San Antonio, Texas, after his arrest in the deaths of nine people whose “very hot” bodies were found in a sweltering tractor-trailer in a Texas parking lot alongside nearly 20 others who were still alive but in dire condition, federal prosecutors said.